Community invited to have a say on new Tabulam Bridge

24 February 2015

Members of the community are invited to have their say on the final concept design for a new Bruxner Highway bridge over the Clarence River at Tabulam.

Member for Lismore Thomas George said Roads and Maritime Services today published the Review of Environmental Factors and concept design for the project, which found a new bridge will have significant benefits to the community.

“The Review of Environmental Factors is an important step in the community consultation process as it collates information from a number of environmental and technical assessments completed in the past year,” Mr George said.

“The assessment found replacing the existing Tabulam bridge with a new bridge will reduce bridge maintenance costs, improve traffic flow, increase road safety for all road users and provide a better connection across the Clarence River for pedestrians and cyclists.

“In the past 10 years an average of $700,000 a year was spent maintaining the existing Tabulam bridge.